The 100 Percent Principal Podcast

By Robyn Jackson

Tired of school change efforts that stall, or worse, never get off the ground? If you're a principal, assistant principal, or instructional coach who is ready have a transformative impact on the teach... more

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Number 1: Why Principals Have to Keep Repeating Themselves
If you're forwarding the same email for the third time, repeating the same announcement in every staff meeting, or getting on the PA system to say something you already sent in writing — you're not managing communication. You're stuck in a cycle, and it started before your staff ever missed a deadline. In this episode, I break down why so many principals get trapped repeating themselves, why sending more information doesn't fix the problem, and what it actually takes to build a communication system your staff can trust — before the school year runs away from you. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why treating communication like a delivery service backfires, even when the information is sent clearly and repeatedly • The real difference between giving your staff information and actually communicating with them • Why "everything matters" ends up meaning nothing matters to your staff • How to test any message before you send it, using three simple questions • What your weekly staff email reveals about your school's real communication system Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps other school leaders find the show.
August 26, 202622min
Number 2: Your Staff Can Be Wonderful and Still Not Be Aligned
Your staff can be wonderful—and still not be fully aligned. That doesn't mean you have a bad team. Your teachers may care deeply, work hard, and genuinely want students to succeed. But good people can still operate from different beliefs about what matters, which students can succeed, and what counts as success. In this episode of The 100% Principal, Robyn Jackson explains why appreciating your teachers and challenging "good enough" are not opposites. You'll discover: The difference between having a good staff and an aligned staff Why the back-to-school honeymoon fails in two predictable places How celebrations can become an unspoken transaction Why 100% must be treated as a decision rather than a goal How a 100% Vision creates urgency without creating blame A practical way to name the gap without putting good teachers on trial Subscribe to The 100% Principal Weekly: https://100percentprincipal.com
September 02, 202628min
Number 3: Your Teachers Don't Need More PD. They Need Implementation.
A principal brought her beginning-of-the-year PD plan to BU Office Hours recently. Earlier in the summer, she had introduced her teachers to our Rigorous Unit Planning Process. The session had gone beautifully. The teachers understood it. They were excited about it. She had even shared the idea with parents, who loved the thought of their children learning to think—not simply complete assignments. Still, she was worried. Her teachers would soon be expected to use the process for their own unit planning. What if they weren't ready? Did she need to provide more training? It was a perfectly reasonable question. But as we talked, I realized that another round of training might actually postpone the very thing she wanted to produce. That conversation stayed with me because principals everywhere are planning PD right now—and many are working very hard to create engaging sessions that still leave teachers with the hardest part to complete on their own. I call it great PD with implied homework. In this week's episode, I explore why even excellent professional development so often fails to survive contact with real classrooms—and what to do instead. If you're planning PD for your teachers this fall, this one may change what you put on the agenda.
August 19, 202629min
Number 4: Summer Rewind: Are these 3 fears holding you back?
Why are we so afraid to set an ambitious vision for our schools? Whenever I am working with school administrators about setting ambitious visions for their schools-- the kind of vision that includes 100% of their students -- I always meet resistance. Usually, that resistance takes 3 forms: Some say, "I can't say all my students because there's no way every student can reach that goal." Others say, "What if I don't reach the goal?" And still others worry that they won't be able to reach that goal with the teachers and resources (or district) they currently have. That’s why this week, we’re revisiting Episode 42 where we’ll address the fears that may be holding you back and settle those fears once and for all #LikeABuilder.
June 29, 202240min
Number 5: This one question changes everything
Over the years, we've grown used to certain circumstances -- whether those circumstances are uncooperative parents, disengaged students, lagging test scores, contentment with the status quo, resistant teachers, or a school stuck at good but unable to cross over to "great." But what if I told you that you don't have to accept your circumstances? What if I told you that you could rewrite your school story regardless of what you're facing right now? In today's episode, you'll discover the ONE question that can be the catalyst for rewriting your school story. In fact, this ONE question has helped school leaders go from 43% proficiency in reading to 100% proficiency in reading by grade 3, 65% gradutation rates to over 95% graduation rates in just 3 years, and from a toxic school culture to a healthy school culture in just one school year. If you're ready to change your school story in spite of your current reality, then you'll want to ask yourself this question and rewrite your school story #LikeABuilder.
December 09, 202040min